What is the median home value in Browntown, PA?

The median value of owner-occupied homes in Browntown, PA is $121,800 (±$21,099), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Browntown, the median home value went from $143,800 in 2015–2019 to $121,800 in 2020–2024 (−15.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

Figures last updated on .

Median home value
$121,800 (±$21,099)
Owner-occupied homes
529 (±90)
Most common range
$100,000 to $149,999

Home values in Browntown

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
ValueBrowntownLuzerne CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Less than $50,00013.8% (±12.1 points)6.8%5.5%5.3%
$50,000 to $99,99913.8% (±8.9 points)15.5%8.4%6.1%
$100,000 to $149,99932.5% (±14.5 points)17.7%9.6%6.8%
$150,000 to $199,9999.6% (±8.0 points)17.5%12.8%9.0%
$200,000 to $299,99916.6% (±9.8 points)21.9%22.9%17.8%
$300,000 to $499,99913.6% (±10.3 points)15.5%25.9%26.9%
$500,000 to $999,9990.0% (±6.0 points)4.4%12.8%20.9%
$1,000,000 or more0.0% (±6.0 points)0.6%2.1%7.1%

The most common range is $100,000 to $149,999, 32.5% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Browntown against Luzerne County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
BrowntownLuzerne CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Median home value$121,800 (±$21,099)$174,100 (±$3,161)$254,500 (±$767)$332,700
Owner-occupied homes529 (±90)91,565 (±1,316)3,656,971 (±15,249)84,210,142

In Browntown, the median home value is lower than in Luzerne County ($174,100).

It is also lower than in Pennsylvania ($254,500).

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Luzerne County, Browntown ranks 12 of 14 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 358 of 383.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Browntown have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median home value$143,800 (±$22,750)$121,800 (±$21,099)−15.3%Down after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage$1,325 (±$208)$1,430 (±$138)+7.9%No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes$2,479 (±$411)$2,725 (±$709)+9.9%No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Browntown

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Browntown
PlaceDistanceMedian home valueCompared with this place
Browntown—$121,800 (±$21,099)—
Yatesville0.7 mi$182,600 (±$48,630)Higher
Pittston1.0 mi$126,800 (±$10,797)Not measurably different
Hughestown1.2 mi$167,800 (±$21,453)Higher
West Pittston1.4 mi$179,100 (±$42,683)Higher
Laflin1.8 mi$244,900 (±$17,066)Higher
Dupont2.2 mi$142,200 (±$11,898)Not measurably different
Exeter2.4 mi$146,800 (±$19,831)Not measurably different
Duryea2.6 mi$157,900 (±$18,092)Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Yatesville, PA ($182,600), Hughestown, PA ($167,800), West Pittston, PA ($179,100).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Luzerne County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian home value
6Upper Exeter$221,700 (±$10,666)
7Beech Mountain Lakes$219,900 (±$19,617)
8Shavertown$219,100 (±$63,407)
9Trucksville$217,500 (±$28,779)
10Plains$155,100 (±$26,075)
11Hudson$128,100 (±$13,854)
12Browntown$121,800 (±$21,099)
13Georgetown (community)$117,700 (±$21,011)
14Glen Lyon$83,000 (±$7,109)

Showing 9 of 14 places in Luzerne County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Browntown is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Pittston Township, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Browntown

What is the average home value in Browntown, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $121,800 (±$21,099) for owner-occupied homes in Browntown (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Browntown gone up?

In Browntown, the median home value went from $143,800 in 2015–2019 to $121,800 in 2020–2024 (−15.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

Is this what homes in Browntown sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Browntown CDP, Pennsylvania (place:09496, in state:42).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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